New 35g stock question?

[MHcblues119]

ok 35g stand is comin gin next friday. Im gonna get 50 goldies and throw them in there for the summer cause i go away and my dad works the tanks.

When i get back i rly wanna do a poly setup. I know i dont have much room but some MFKERs said i could get away with 4 senagals. My question is could a breeding pair of convicts maybe live with the polys or no?

 

[MHcblues119]

o and should i go bear bottom with 2 peices of driftwood

OR

small natrual looking brownish gravel wiht 2 peices of driftwood and a fake plant?

 

[itstrickytorock]

i thought senegals were a pretty active poly, but that's just from my experience. i had a grow out in a 30g that raced around the tank all day. i never saw mine lay around too much, i think they'd like a lot of swimming room. just my 2 cents.

 

[haynchinook334]

nope..... cons are really territorial and might mess your poly. just to be no the safe side cons...no. a nice sandy bottom with driftwood would look nice.

 

[beno]

If you get 50 goldfish they will all die off very quickly...

 

[MHcblues119]

the 50 goldies isjust to get the ammonia/nitrate cycle going

 

[BichirAddict]

4 senegals in a 35 is crazy.
I will be on the load limits of my 55 with
1 ropefish
1 Senegal
1 Delhezi
1 Palmas Polli

 

[MHcblues119]

why would it be crazy?

Arnt senaguls the ones that max out around 8 inches?

 

[Fishermoe14]

dude just use like 10 to cylcle it... no need for 50...

 

[Lupin]

the 50 goldies isjust to get the ammonia/nitrate cycle going

Why are you not using the fishless cycling method?

why would it be crazy?

Arnt senaguls the ones that max out around 8 inches?

12 inches, not 8 inches. And 4 is still too tight for a 35g. Get one if you must but a 55g is much more preferred than a 35g.